Seattle Latino Film Festival: Saturday October 15
SIFF New Cinema Center
12:00 PM Las Malas Intenciones / Bad Intentions
Seattle Premiere
HDCam
Narrative Feature
Drama, 2011
Spanish w/ English subtitles
(Peru/Germany/Argentina) 111 min.
Directed by Rosario Garcia-Montero
Cast: Fatima Buntinx, Katerina D'Onofrio, Paul Vega, Kani Hart...
Nine-year-old Cayetana leads a privileged existence under the care of uniformed servants in a secluded mansion about two hours from Lima. Even so, the national turmoil of the times penetrates her consciousness through bomb threats at school, spray-painted slogans and symbols on the dusty village walls, and ominous newscasts about terrorists. Self-involved Cayetana manages to remain preoccupied with her distant, Valium-popping, pregnant mother, believing that she herself will die when her brother is born. In the meantime, she behaves abominably. buy tickets
2:30 PM Queremos tanto a Helena / We Love Helen So Much
North American Premiere
HDCam
Narrative Short
Black Comedy, 2009
Spanish w/ English subtitles
(Ecuador) 30 min.
Directed by Ana Cristina Franco
Cast: Ana Cristina Franco, Ruth Bustamante, Andrea Arizaga, Diego Coral...
While schoolgirl Helen waits in vain for her long-lost father to call, she confides in her grandmother about her sense of abandonment, and she attempts suicide.. Schoolboy Esteban wants to become Helena's boyfriend- with the condition that Alicia, her best friend, joins them in the relationship, forming an inexperienced and sour-sweet threesome. buy tickets
Chance
Seattle Premiere
Blu-ray
Narrative Feature
Black Comedy, 2009
Spanish w/ English subtitles
(Panama/Colombia) 91 min.
Directed by Abner Benaim
Cast: Francisco Gattorno,Rosa Isabel Lorenzo, and Aida Morales…
Toña and Paquita, the housekeepers for the aristocratic González-Dubois family, have been mistreated for quite some time- and they are tired of their situation. So when the family plans a shopping trip to Miami, the maids have a plan of their own: to take control of the mansion. Unexpectedly, they will also discover a family secret. buy tickets
SIFF Cinema
7:30 PM Retratos en un mar de mentiras / Portraits in a Sea of Lies
Seattle Premiere
HDCam
Narrative Feature
Political Drama, 2010
Spanish w/ English subtitles
(Colombia) 90 min.
Directed by Carlos Gaviria
Cast: Paola Baldion, Ana Maria Arango, Carolina Lizarazo, Ramses Ramos...
As a result of the Columbian Civil War, which began in 1964, Colombia has experienced at least several hundreds of thousands of deaths, and four million people have been displaced from their homes. As with many Colombianos, Marina's childhood trauma is attributed to the losses she experienced as a result of this prolonged political conflict. An alluring reflection of modern day Colombian society. buy tickets
9:15 PM Cheila: una casa pa’ maita
Northwest Coast Premiere
35 mm
Narrative Feature
Drama LGBT, 2010
Spanish w/ English subtitles
(Venezuela) 90 min.
Directed By Eduardo Barberena
Cast: Endry Cardeño, Violeta Alemán, Aura Rivas…
Cheila returns to spend Christmas with her family in the house that she worked so hard to buy for her mother. She brings big news along with her: she will finally realize her dream of becoming a “complete” woman. After seeing the once beautiful flat in complete decline and occupied by a chaotic crowd of brothers, sisters and nephews, Cheila will discover hard truths that will make her rethink her relationship with herself and her family to discover the greatest poverty from which they suffer: indifference, intolerance and cruelty. buy tickets
